Corona Borealis
noun
Corona Bo·re·al·is
-ˌbȯr-ē-ˈa-ləs 
: a northern constellation between Hercules and Boötes
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The constellation Corona Borealis appears as a small arc near Bootes and Hercules.
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Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
The expected brightening event, known as a nova, will occur in the Milky Way’s Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown constellation, which is located between the Boötes and Hercules constellations.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
Since then the new long-period comet has brightened substantially and is now sweeping across the northern constellation Corona Borealis in predawn skies.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
Historians now believe Hipparchus wrote the page-long text, which plots the coordinates of the stars that make up the Corona Borealis constellation.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
As this video progresses, the vantage point sweeps through 20 degrees towards the constellations Bootes and Corona Borealis.
—Ramin Skibba, Wired, 13 Jan. 2022
In them, there’s a Corona Borealis constellation.
—New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
The Mi’kmaq First Nations used to call Ursa Major the Bear, and thought that the Corona Borealis looked like the Bear’s cave.
—Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
The expected brightening event, known as a nova, will occur in the Milky Way’s Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown constellation, which is located between the Boötes and Hercules constellations.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
Since then the new long-period comet has brightened substantially and is now sweeping across the northern constellation Corona Borealis in predawn skies.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
Historians now believe Hipparchus wrote the page-long text, which plots the coordinates of the stars that make up the Corona Borealis constellation.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
As this video progresses, the vantage point sweeps through 20 degrees towards the constellations Bootes and Corona Borealis.
—Ramin Skibba, Wired, 13 Jan. 2022
In them, there’s a Corona Borealis constellation.
—New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
The Mi’kmaq First Nations used to call Ursa Major the Bear, and thought that the Corona Borealis looked like the Bear’s cave.
—Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
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